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The Sixth Extinction: The Duty of the Dominant Species to Undo an Ecological Downfall

Posted on June 9, 2019 by greene20

A catastrophic event is underway. We are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, a modern and human-made extinction. The megafauna category is defined as large animals in a comparable or larger mass than humans, and the extinction of

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  • anthropocentrism
  • extinction
  • habitat destruction
  • holocene extinction
  • megafauna
  • overexploitation
  • poaching
  • sixth mass extinction
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The Ethics Behind What We Eat: Environmental and Ethical Impacts of the Meat Industry and Possible Solutions

Posted on May 29, 2019 by gulatip20

Humans have been consuming the meat of other animals since the beginning of time. Now millions of years later, the process we apply to the production of meat has changed drastically from just killing game and cooking it over a

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The Hidden Price You Pay: An Analysis of Ethics, the Environment and Consumer Autonomy in the Coffee Industry

Posted on May 29, 2019 by scottos19

Our society has become virtually contingent on coffee for its survival. As coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, our global economy has become dependent on coffee for economic growth and as the demand for the product

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Clean Water and Improved Sanitation: A Global Crisis That Challenges Women and Children

Posted on May 29, 2019 by ditommasoj20

Everyday women and children spend 200 million hours collecting water for their families, and 260 million hours looking for a place to defecate. Those who do not have immediate access to water have to find alternative ways to safely consume

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Poaching & People: The Ethics of Ethnozootherapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Posted on May 29, 2019 by oduromanua20

Zootherapy, at least in the West, usually connotes harmlessly using animals, especially dogs, to aid human recovery from psychological problems. However, across continents and across the hemisphere, specifically in China, ethnozootherapy is known by traditional practitioners and their millions of

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  • africa
  • china
  • environmentandhealth
  • medicine
  • poaching
  • rhinos
  • traditional chinese medicine
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The Ethics of Living Forever and Its Effect on Overpopulation

Posted on May 29, 2019 by karaled19

As long as we have food to eat, water to drink, beaches to swim in, and gas to power our cars, we may not worry too much about whether we have enough resources. But, what if that weren’t the case?

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Environment & Heath: The Ethics of People and Planet

Posted on May 29, 2019 by crowem

What comes to mind when you think of intersections between the people and the planet? Maybe you imagine hikes with your family, farming, and sustainable products. Or, perhaps, you picture global warming, extinction, and nuclear power. Regardless of what comes

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Limiting Legacies: An Analysis of Overpopulation and the Right to Procreate

Posted on May 29, 2019 by mastrangeloe21

It is 2100. The world population is an astonishing 11 billion people, the maximum amount that the Earth can sustain, and yet, the population continues to grow. Food prices are rapidly rising, clean water is a rarity, and resources are

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  • 2019
  • autonomy
  • bioethics
  • environmentandhealth
  • ethics
  • overpopulation
  • Parental Responsibility
  • population controls
  • reproductive justice
  • reproductive rights
  • utilitarianism
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The Modern Jurassic Park: Can De-Extinction Turn Back the Clock for our Environment?

Posted on May 29, 2019 by biglerh21

What does a Dodo, a Woolly Mammoth, and a Western Black Rhinoceros all have in common? These species are all extinct, and have the possibility to walk the earth again thanks to the development of de-extinction technology: although not fully

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  • 2019
  • bioethics
  • climate change
  • cloning
  • CRISPR
  • de-extinction
  • environmentandhealth
  • ethics
  • extinct
  • extinct species
  • extinction
  • gene editing
  • global warming
  • Passenger Pigeon
  • research
  • student
  • Woolly Mammoth
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America’s Toxic Prisons: The Ethics of Prison Construction in Highly Polluted Areas

Posted on May 24, 2019 by smithj21

“I suffered almost every day of the 15 months I was at that prison… it became clear to me that I [was] being left for dead… With no other course to take or relief in sight I called my brother

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  • coal waste
  • hazardous
  • hazardous environment
  • prison construction
  • prison pollution
  • prison reform
  • toxic prison
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The Effects of Disqualification: Society’s Role in the Blood Donation System

Description: Is donating blood a right or a privilege? Although blood donation might appear to be a somewhat simple process, only 38% of the United States population actually qualifies to participate. This project will explore the fairness of the qualifications that

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